CALL FOR PAPERS

The Hungarian Philosophical Review. The Journal of the Philosophical Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

The Hungarian Philosophical Review, the leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal of Hungary, regularly publishes English-language thematic issues that are open access. The upcoming such issue will be published in winter 2019/2020. The Journal welcomes submissions on the following topic:

Artificial Intelligence
Volume 63, Issue 4 (2019)
(open access issue)
Guest editors: Zsuzsanna Balogh, Judit Szalai, Zsofia Zvolenszky (Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest)

Deadline for submission: October 1, 2019

Description: Systems employing artificial intelligence–AI systems–play an increasingly important role in many sectors of society (such as transport, health, and education). AI systems perform tasks that only human agents have been able to so far, which raises a number of philosophical questions. To what extent and in what ways can human expectations and norms be applied to these systems? Can AI systems be held responsible for their behavior or actions, or is it appropriate to attribute this responsibility to human agents or institutions instead? Can AI systems have mental states? How can mechanisms of human agency be programmed into AI systems? How do we as human agents relate to them? We welcome articles for our thematic English-language issue that address philosophical problems related to AI systems (and, more generally, new digital technologies) from the perspective of moral philosophy, logic, social philosophy, and the philosophy of law.

Papers should not exceed 7000 words and should contain a 150-200 word abstract. For further instructions for authors, please consult the Journal’s style sheet here.

Deadline for submission: October 1, 2019

Manuscripts and queries should be sent to MagyarFilozofiai.Szemle@btk.mta.hu and Zsuzsanna Balogh at baloghzsphil@gmail.com.

The Hungarian Philosophical Review, with a history going back to 1882, has been a pivotal peer-reviewed venue for philosophical exchange within the Hungarian philosophical community. The Review takes a neutral stance among the various schools and movements of the philosophical profession, and aims to cover all significant achievements of philosophical scholarship without a narrow specialization.

To browse the Review’s back issues since 2010, including regular thematic issues published in English, visit http://filozofiaiszemle.net/en/back-issues/. For full-text issues dating back to 1957, visit http://real-j.mtak.hu/view/journal/Magyar_Filoz=F3fiai_Szemle.html